I've known for a long time, but I have only really taken it in this morning - and I think I will be shedding a tear by tonight,

We all look for lost time.

The notion of time bothers me. You look at thirty-year-old photographs and realize how the time has passed.

If you look back at the history of creativity in clothes - the French Revolution, the First World War and the Second World War - they have all been creative reinventions, the moment new forms of luxury come into play.

With the development of the Christian Lacroix house in Paris and my work notably for the theater, it wasn't serious doing things by half,

I wanted to go back to the beginning and to the codes of the house.